# 2011–12 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Crystal Palace's seventh consecutive season in the Championship. The previous campaign had seen club legend Dougie Freedman take over as a novice manager and lead the Eagles to safety and another season in the English second tier.

## Statistics
### Player statistics

    Last updated on 28 April 2012.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Julián Speroni | 43 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Clyne | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | David Wright | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jonathan Parr | 45 | 2 | 35+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Paddy McCarthy | 50 | 2 | 42+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Anthony Gardner | 33 | 1 | 25+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darren Ambrose | 42 | 10 | 25+11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | RSA | Kagisho Dikgacoi | 31 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Steffen Iversen | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | IRL | Owen Garvan | 23 | 3 | 13+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | IRL | Sean Scannell | 40 | 4 | 27+9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Alex Marrow | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Kieron Cadogan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Mile Jedinak | 35 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Wilfried Zaha | 48 | 9 | 34+7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Glenn Murray | 44 | 7 | 25+13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Lee Hills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | WAL | Jermaine Easter | 37 | 6 | 18+15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Jonny Williams | 18 | 1 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Dean Moxey | 29 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Alex Wynter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Nathaniel Pinney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jack Holland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Antonio Pedroza | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Matthew Parsons | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Ibra Sekajja | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Stuart O'Keefe | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Andy Dorman | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | IRL | Paul McShane | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Calvin Andrew | 9 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Charlie Holness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Jake Caprice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | WAL | Lewis Price | 10 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Chris Martin | 28 | 7 | 20+6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Kyle De Silva | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Kwesi Appiah | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Quade Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Ross Fitzsimons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Kadell Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have featured for Crystal Palace in this season before returning to their parent club: ||||||||||||
| 35 | DF | ENG | Andrew Davies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | NIR | Ryan McGivern | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | BUL | Aleksandar Tunchev | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ISR | Dekel Keinan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | IRL | John Egan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Peter Ramage | 23 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | SLE | Mustapha Dumbuya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Ranking | No. | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | Darren Ambrose | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 16 | Wilfried Zaha | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 35 | Chris Martin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 17 | Glenn Murray | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 19 | Jermaine Easter | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 11 | Sean Scannell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | Owen Garvan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | Jonathan Parr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | Paddy McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | Kagisho Dikgacoi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 15 | Mile Jedinak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | Anthony Gardner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 20 | Jonathan Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 3 | Calvin Andrew | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 43 | 0 | 11 | 54 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | Club From | Fee |
| 24 May 2011 | FW | Glenn Murray | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free Transfer |
| 4 July 2011 | MF | Kagisho Dikgacoi | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2011 | MF | Mile Jedinak | Genclerbirligi | Free Transfer |
| 19 July 2011 | DF | Jonathan Parr | Aalesunds | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2011 | DF | Anthony Gardner | Hull City | Free Transfer |
| 31 January 2012 | FW | Kwesi Appiah | Margate | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | DF | Michael Chambers | Dulwich Hamlet | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | Club To | Fee |
| 27 June 2011 | MF | Neil Danns | Leicester City | Free Transfer |
| 5 July 2011 | DF | Adam Barrett | AFC Bournemouth | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2011 | MF | Kieran Djilali | AFC Wimbledon | Free Transfer |

### Loan In

| Date | Position | Player | Club From | Length |
| 4 August 2011 | DF | Andrew Davies | Stoke City | One Month |
| 4 August 2011 | DF | Ryan McGivern | Manchester City | One Month |
| 5 August 2011 | DF | Peter Ramage | Queens Park Rangers | One Month (extended on 31 August until January 2012) |
| 5 August 2011 | DF | Aleksandar Tunchev | Leicester City | One Month |
| 15 November 2011 | FW | Chris Martin | Norwich City | Until January (extended on 6 January and 31 January) |
| 22 November 2011 | MF | Dekel Keinan | Cardiff City | Until January |
| 6 January 2012 | DF | John Egan | Sunderland | One Month |
| 6 January 2012 | DF | Mustapha Dumbuya | Doncaster Rovers | One Month |
| 13 January 2012 | DF | Paul McShane | Hull City | One Month (extended 31 January) |

### Loan Out

| Date | Position | Player | Club To | Length |
| 30 June 2011 | MF | Alassane N'Diaye | Southend United | Full-Season (ended prematurely in August, later released) |
| 10 November 2011 | MF | Andy Dorman | Bristol Rovers | Until January (extended on 6 January and on 27 January) |
| 26 January 2012 | MF | Kieron Cadogan | Rotherham United | Until end of season |
| 27 January 2012 | MF | Alex Marrow | Preston North End | Until end of season |
| 1 March 2012 | FW | Calvin Andrew | Leyton Orient | Until end of season |
| 2 March 2012 | DF | Lee Hills | Southend United | Until end of season |

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Dougie Freedman |
| Assistant manager | Lennie Lawrence |
| First-team coach | Tony Popovic |
| Reserve team manager | Curtis Fleming |
| Goalkeeping coach | Lee Turner |
| Chief scout | Steve Kember |
| Fitness coach | Scott Guyett |
| Academy manager | Gary Issott |
| Physiotherapists | Alex Manos and John Stannard |
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## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 77 | −8 | 61 |
| 16 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 57 |
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 56 |
| 18 | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 67 | 77 | −10 | 50 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 50 |

## Matches
### Results round by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |

### FA Cup
## End-of-season awards

| Award | Winner |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year | Jonathan Parr |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year | Wilfried Zaha |
| Vice Presidents' Player of the Year | Jonathan Parr |
| Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year | Jonathan Williams |
| Scholar Player of the Year | Jonathan Williams |
| Academy Player of the Year | Reise Allassani |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season | Darren Ambrose (vs. Manchester United, 30 November) |